BERLIN, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will continue to develop Micro LED technology to maintain its leading position in the premium TV market, a TV executive has said at the IFA tech trade show in Berlin. “We see Micro LED as our strategic display panel of the future,” Chung Kang-il, vice president [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The preference for larger TVs is gaining momentum amid the slowdown of the global TV market, prompting the display industry to anticipate a surge in demand for bigger screens. The average size of OLED TV panel shipments will increase from 58.8 inches last year to 60.2 inches this year, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday its TV had been selected by “Which?,” a British non-profit Consumers’ Association magazine, as the Best Accessibility product. In partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People, Which? evaluated TV video and sound quality, along with accessibility, and designated the Samsung Neo QLED [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, has made a surprising comeback in the OLED TV market after withdrawing 10 years ago due to yield problems. The company recently introduced a new product that will compete directly with its biggest rival, LG Electronics, which has been leading the OLED market. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is accelerating its move to stay ahead of the rapid changes of the way people consume news and entertainment on TV by enhancing content and services available exclusively on its smart devices, a senior executive has said. As the world’s biggest TV and smartphone maker, Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that its 2022 Smart TVs have been certified by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in Britain for the second time for their web accessibility for visually impaired persons. Samsung’s Smart TVs use a voice guidance system to provide assistance with using [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An influential American consumer magazine listed a number of TVs made by LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. on the Best Big-Screen TV list. U.S. Consumer Reports recommended 11 TVs with a 70-inch screen or larger, sorting them into categories of ‘top-performing’, ‘mid-priced’ and ‘lower-priced’ based on the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global TV sales fell more than 6 percent from a year ago in the first half of this year on slow demand and macroeconomic woes, research showed Tuesday, as Samsung Electronics remained the top player in the TV segment. In global markets, 92.6 million units of TVs were sold, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of time Koreans spend watching TV programs on smartphones has dropped sharply compared to a year ago, indicative of an increase in socializing resulting from the gradual return to normal life, a media regulation agency said Sunday. The amount of time South Koreans spent watching 28 channel [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two-thirds of South Koreans regard smartphones as an essential part of their everyday lives, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Information Society Development Institute conducted a survey of 6,834 South Korean men and women over 13 years of age from 4,236 households, which showed that 70.3 percent [...]